The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-07-23
AN OASIS IN A DESERT.
The Value of Flowing Wells in the
South.
no the editor Of TEE HERALp.

To the Editor of THE HERALD.
The surprising news has been received
here that some parties from Oasis and
Deseret, who have been experimenting
for artesian water some fifteen miles
northwest of Oasis Station, Utah
Central Railroad, have struck flow of
fifteen gallons per minute at the incredi
BILE short depth of forty eight feet. A
gentleman just In from the scene OF
operations confirms the truth of the
report; also of the sinking of another
well q few rods from the first where a
stream half as large again was en-
countered, the pipe (inch and quarter)
running full. These important dis
coveries are creating considerable
excitement in this neighborhood, land is
being taken up in the vicinity of the
new strikes and the prospects are good
for the establishment o. q town, or at
least some fine ranches and farms.
That part of the desert between Oasis
and Cherry Creek has always been noted
for its excellent feed, sand, bunch and
wire grasses in abundance, but hereto
fore being almost inaccessible on ao-
count of the absence of water; stock
can on Y range on it during few weeks
in the winter while the snow laws . ne
ground. This is undoubtedly
biggest strike ever made in the coun,
(but it may be question whether it !,
in Willard or Jusb Counties II
ushers in a new era which seems TO
revolutionize old ideas, and one who is
at all acquainted with the fertility of
the soil of the desert, which seems to
be the wash1ngs and settings of the
higher country, rich in phosphates, etc.,
can not only realize the benefit and
value of this late discovery, but see in
it another step towards the fulfillment
of the promise, go. have faith, and
the desert shall bloom as the rose"
At and in the vicinity of Oasis q
great many flowing wells have been
sunk, the flows varying from one quart
TO eleven gallons per minute. The
effect of this has been to give tie place
permaneDcy it never before Ell joyed.
The people are beginning to have faith,
which is attested by the hundreds of
young trees that can be seen in every
direction and the improvements in
other ways that are being made. The
artesian water being sufficient to
irrlgate garden and trees, and furnish
water for household purposes and stock,
the settler has drawer heart to battle
with the Sewer River for his farming
purposes, which, since the completion
of the new canal, wherein the whole
river has frequently been turned of
late. is comparatively easy job when
he thinks of the old dam ard its peri
odical breaks.
At last the clouds are rolling by and
the sun of prosperity is dawning upon
this heretofore derided section and row
is the time for the young man who
feels the responsibilities of life in the
crowded city too heavy on his shoulders,
and who sees there is not much chance
to obtain the coveted home or house on
the corner, to come and examine the
prospects of home and independence
in our vast district. There may not be
very much unentered land here, but it
can be purchased for very little above
government price and usually in trade,
and the time is near when land within
the irrigating limits will be worth as
much as in other settlement.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
to come and investigate our resources.
]. H. II.
OASIS, Millard County, Utah,
July 10, 1887.